Philanthropy and Police : London Charity in the Eighteenth Century /

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In this study of voluntary charities in eighteenth-century London, Donna Andrew reconsiders the adequacy of humanitarianism as an explanation for the wave of charitable theorizing and experimentation that characterized this period. Focusing on London, the most visible area of both destitution and so...

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Autor principal: Andrew, Donna T., 1945- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1989]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social service.
Social policy.
Poor.
Charities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Service social > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Pauvres > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Social service > England > London > History > 18th century.
Poor > England > London > History > 18th century.
Charities > England > London > History > 18th century.
England > London.
London (England) > Social policy.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER ONE. "All Mankind's Concern": Religion, Commerce, and Charity, 1680--1740
  • CHAPTER TWO. "Private Virtue and Publick Spirit Display'd": The Search for Charitable Forms
  • CHAPTER THREE. Charity and the Charitable Community at Midcentury
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Charitable Foundations, 1750-1770
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Poverty and the Attack on Dependency
  • CHAPTER SIX. The Charities of Self-Help
  • CONCLUSION. Tradition, Policy, and Philanthropy
  • APPENDIX. Major Donors
  • Index.

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